feat(chat): generate custom chat titles on first message automatically #7063
Conversation
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Automatically generate and display custom chat titles based on the first message in a conversation to improve chat history readability and navigation. **Problem (why)** Chat history currently shows the last message as the title, which may not be the best representation of the conversation's topic. **Implementation (what)** - Add `setCustomChatTitle` method to generate concise titles using a fast chat model - Update ChatBuilder to store and expose custom chat titles - Display custom chat titles in the History tab UI - Use fast chat model from model preferences for title generation - Fix model preference sync to use correct fastChat model for edit operations **Test plan** - Start a new chat conversation - Submit first question - Verify a custom title is generated for the question - Check the history tab shows the custom title instead of the last message - Verify titles are persisted between sessions
dominiccooney
requested changes
Feb 13, 2025
dominiccooney
approved these changes
Feb 17, 2025
| model: fastModel, | ||
| maxTokensToSample: 100, | ||
| }, | ||
| const prompt = ps`You are Cody, an AI coding assistant from Sourcegraph. Your task is to generate a concise title (<10 words without quotation) for <codyUserInput>${inputText}</codyUserInput>. |
There was a problem hiding this comment.
Gut feel we should say "about 10 words" instead of "<10 words" so we don't get titles apologizing for not begin able to do the task. But I claim this without hard evidence... just bitter experience.
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.
Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
CLOSE https://linear.app/sourcegraph/issue/SRCH-829 https://linear.app/sourcegraph/issue/CODY-4966
Automatically generate and display custom chat titles based on the first message in a conversation to improve chat history readability and navigation.
Loom: https://www.loom.com/share/ca36d5c26e024a15988ce8bd7751dd46?sid=6e0f88b1-4ff8-42c3-9c2c-ce5c91bffa71
Problem
Chat history currently shows the last message as the title, which may not be the best representation of the conversation's topic.
Implementation
setCustomChatTitlemethod to generate concise titles using a fast chat modelRequires
ChatTitleAutoGenerationfeature flag.Test plan
Examples
In Chat History: